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The 1944 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1944 college football season.

ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2–1
Headcoach
Captains
  • Ralph Grant
  • Gene Hubka
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1944 Bucknell Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2–1
Head coach
Captains
  • Ralph Grant
  • Gene Hubka
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1943
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1944 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Army – 9–0–0
Yale – 7–0–1
Harvard – 5–1–0
Bucknell – 7–2–1
Penn State – 6–3–0
Penn – 5–3–0
Boston College – 4–3–0
Cornell – 5–4–0
Villanova – 4–4–0
Drexel – 2–2–0
Pittsburgh – 4–5–0
Brown – 3–4–1
Temple – 2–4–2
Syracuse – 2–4–1
Princeton – 1–2–0
Dartmouth – 2–5–1
Colgate – 2–5–0
NYU – 2–5–0
Columbia – 2–6–0
Tufts – 1–4–1
Franklin & Marshall – 1–8–0
CCNY – 0–7–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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In its first season under head coach J. Ellwood Ludwig, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record.[1] Gene Hubka and Ralph Grant were the team captains.[2]

The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16 at Muhlenberg
W 24–7 3,000 [3]
September 23 Muhlenberg W 14–10 [1]
September 30 at Cornell L 0–26 7,000 [4]
October 7 Franklin & Marshall
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 16–13 [1]
October 14 at Penn State L 6–20 8,000 [5]
October 27 at Temple T 7–7 8,000 [6]
November 4 NYU
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 26–0 [7]
November 11 CCNY
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 78–0 [8]
November 17 at Villanova W 27–6 5,000 [9]
November 23 at Franklin & Marshall W 6–0 5,000 [10]
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